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'''Mariana Villanueva''' (born 1964) is a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] music educator and [[composer]].
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'''Mariana Villanueva''' (born [[Mexico City]], 1964) is a [[Mexican people|Mexican]] music educator and [[composer]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
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She began her musical studies at National Conservatory in México City, studying under [[Mario Lavista]], [[:es:Federico Ibarra Groth|Federico Ibarra]], [[Julio Estrada (musicologist)|Julio Estrada]] and [[Daniel Catán]] and continued her preparation at Carnegie Mellon University, under Leonardo Balada and Lucas Foss, where she received her Bachelors (1992) and Masters (1995) degrees in Music Composition. Since 1987, her works have been performed in Mexico, and occasionally in The United States (New York, New Mexico Indiana, and Pittsburgh) by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon Trio and The New Mexico String Quartet. In Europe her music has heard in Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.
Mariana Villanueva. (Mexico City, 1964)


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Mariana Villanueva has received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award (1999); The MEXICO/USA Rockefeller, FONCA/BANCOMER Prize (1995, 1996); and some other rewards from FONCA (1993, 1997) and Carnegie Mellon University. She has been written works for the Carnegie Mellon Trio (1993), The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (1996); and The Ensamble Cosmopolitano of Berlín (2002). She also has collaborated for the Carnegie Mellon Drama Department under the direction of stage directors [[Rina Yerushalmi]] (La casa de Bernarda Alba, 1990) and Yossy Israeli (Antigone, 1991), and in Mexico for The Ballet del Teatro del Espacio with Gladiola Orozco (El Gran Viaje, 1997).
Music as highly spiritual activity is the core of Mariana Villanueva´s music, through which she tries to reach de very depths of her inner world in search of an ancestral knowledge of a universal nature. Such a treasure can be revealed trough, dreams, symbols, myths and art. The way to a transcendent world trough the music, is the path of this composer.


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As a complement for her creative search, Villanueva completed a Ph.D. degree in Music History (Mexico City, UAM-I, 2004) in relation with musical archetypes in the case of the Cuban composer Julian Orbón. Currently she teaches music composition at the Centro Morelense de las Artes in Cuernavca, Morelos.
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Mariana Villanueva has received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award (1999); The MEXICO/ USA Rockefeller, FONCA/ BANCOMER Prize (1995) (1996); and some other rewards from FONCA (1993) (1997) and Carnegie Mellon University. She has been written works for the Carnegie Mellon Trio (1993), The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (1996); and The Ensamble Cosmopolitano of Berlín (2002).
She also has collaborated for the Carnegie Mellon Drama Department under the direction of stage directors Rina Yerushalmi (La casa de Bernarda Alba, 1990) and Yossy Israeli (Antigone,1991), and in Mexico for The Ballet del Teatro del Espacio with Gladiola Orozco (El Gran Viaje,1997).

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She began her musical studies at National Conservatory in México City,studying under [[Mario Lavista]], [[Fredrico Ibarra]], [[Julio Estrada]] and [[Daniel Catan]] and continued her preparation at Carnegie Mellon University, under Leonardo Balada and Lucas Foss, where she received her Bachelors (1992) and Masters (1995) degrees in Music Composition. Since 1987, her works have been performed in Mexico, and occasionally in The United States (New York, New Mexico Indiana, and Pittsburgh) by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon Trio and The New Mexico String Quartet. In Europe her music has heard in Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.

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As a complement for her creative search, M.Villanueva completed a Ph.Degree in Music History (Mexico City, UAM-I, 2004) in relation with musical archetypes in the case of the Cuban composer Julian Orbón. Currently she teaches music composition at he Centro Morelense de las Artes in Cuernavca, Morelos


==Works==
==Works==
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*''Anabacoa'' for symphony orchestra (1992)
*''Anabacoa'' for symphony orchestra (1992)
*''Lamentations'' for violin, cello and piano (1993)
*''Lamentations'' for violin, cello and piano (1993)
"Ritual" For orchestra. (1993)
*''Ritual'' For orchestra. (1993)
*''Santo Luzbel'' for bass and orchestra (1994)
*''Santo Luzbel'' for bass and orchestra (1994)
*''Anamesis'' for clarinet and string quartet (1996)
*''Anamnesis'' for clarinet and string quartet (1996)
"El jardín del sol" (1997)
*''El jardín del sol'' (1997)
"Ishtar" For soprano and prepared piano. (1999)
*''Ishtar'' For soprano and prepared piano. (1999)
*''Made of clay and breath'' for soprano, horn in F, viola and harp (2002)
*''Made of clay and breath'' for soprano, horn in F, viola and harp (2002)
"Medea" for solo viola (2009)
*''Medea'' for solo viola (2009)
*''Taliesin'' for violin and orchestra (2003)<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.cenart.gob.mx/centros/cenidim/eventos/mariana_villanueva.htm|accessdate=14 October 2010|title=Series of Talks, the composers and their music}}</ref>
*''Taliesin'' for violin and orchestra (2003)<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.cenart.gob.mx/centros/cenidim/eventos/mariana_villanueva.htm|accessdate=14 October 2010|title=Series of Talks, the composers and their music|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528001721/http://www.cenart.gob.mx/centros/cenidim/eventos/mariana_villanueva.htm|archivedate=28 May 2012}}</ref>


Her work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:
Her work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:
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Latest revision as of 23:50, 23 August 2023

Mariana Villanueva (born Mexico City, 1964) is a Mexican music educator and composer.

Biography

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She began her musical studies at National Conservatory in México City, studying under Mario Lavista, Federico Ibarra, Julio Estrada and Daniel Catán and continued her preparation at Carnegie Mellon University, under Leonardo Balada and Lucas Foss, where she received her Bachelors (1992) and Masters (1995) degrees in Music Composition. Since 1987, her works have been performed in Mexico, and occasionally in The United States (New York, New Mexico Indiana, and Pittsburgh) by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon Trio and The New Mexico String Quartet. In Europe her music has heard in Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.

Mariana Villanueva has received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award (1999); The MEXICO/USA Rockefeller, FONCA/BANCOMER Prize (1995, 1996); and some other rewards from FONCA (1993, 1997) and Carnegie Mellon University. She has been written works for the Carnegie Mellon Trio (1993), The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (1996); and The Ensamble Cosmopolitano of Berlín (2002). She also has collaborated for the Carnegie Mellon Drama Department under the direction of stage directors Rina Yerushalmi (La casa de Bernarda Alba, 1990) and Yossy Israeli (Antigone, 1991), and in Mexico for The Ballet del Teatro del Espacio with Gladiola Orozco (El Gran Viaje, 1997).

As a complement for her creative search, Villanueva completed a Ph.D. degree in Music History (Mexico City, UAM-I, 2004) in relation with musical archetypes in the case of the Cuban composer Julian Orbón. Currently she teaches music composition at the Centro Morelense de las Artes in Cuernavca, Morelos.

Works

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Villanueva has composed for solo instruments, musical theater, chamber ensemble and symphony orchestra. Selected works include:

  • Cantar de un alma ausente for solo clarinet (1986)
  • Antigone mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and piano (1991)
  • Anabacoa for symphony orchestra (1992)
  • Lamentations for violin, cello and piano (1993)
  • Ritual For orchestra. (1993)
  • Santo Luzbel for bass and orchestra (1994)
  • Anamnesis for clarinet and string quartet (1996)
  • El jardín del sol (1997)
  • Ishtar For soprano and prepared piano. (1999)
  • Made of clay and breath for soprano, horn in F, viola and harp (2002)
  • Medea for solo viola (2009)
  • Taliesin for violin and orchestra (2003)[1]

Her work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

  • Clarinete Solo: México Vol. 2, Javier Vinasco, Cero Records, 2009

References

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  1. ^ "Series of Talks, the composers and their music". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
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